TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 60940 [ 2020TNSTR.377....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2020-02-03 03:30:18
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_AMPEL_NEW
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

J. Nordin, V. Brinnel, M. Giomi, J. van Santen (HU Berlin), A. Gal-Yam, O. Yaron, S. Schulze (Weizmann) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2020bro
Discoverer internal name: ZTF20aaivego
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:02:26.429 (30.61011892) DEC = +10:57:59.78 (10.9666066)
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 03:57:59.000 (JD=2458874.6652662)


Remarks: See arXiv:1904.05922 for selection criteria.

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2020-01-26 03:57:59.000
Flux: 20.31 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2020-01-26 02:39:58
Limiting flux: 20.0695 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2020bro